I read via Drudge that new French President Nicolas Sarkozy is planning a vacation on New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee.
That’s one place about which I can say safely – been there, done that. (I went to camp in the region for several summers.)
It’s quite a lovely area. In its own way, it is arguably as beautiful as many parts of la douce France.
But, in all honesty, Monsieur le Président, if you care about food as much as most Frenchmen, bring your own chef. Unless things have changed radically since I was a kid, you are not exactly going to the culinary capital of America. When it comes to food, this is not Provence, or even the Napa Valley. It is Siberia (figuratively and literally).
Now, now, Roger, ain’t nothin a few extra bottles of extra virgin olive oil and good red wine in the suitcases can’t handle. Then throw in a few pinches of sel de mer and voila! New Hampshire is transformed.
Now Roger let’s be real here. You are just about my age +-2 so your kiddom at Winni was a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time ago.
I was just up in the White Mountains las week end on the Kancamangas Highway and I can safely say that, yes, things have changed culinarily speaking. There are any number of good restaurants in the area.
My wife had Roast Duck in a sour cherry sauce while I had Venison in some sort of Port and juniper berry sause. Excellenty, primo, good.
Boohoo, le monsieur will have to settle for fresh corn, beefsteak tomatos and a Lake Winnipesaukee perch or Maine lobster. Quel dommage.
Of course I was kidding around but…
Actually I have been in NH only a couple of months ago, at my alma mater Dartmouth College, and wrote about it on here. Among other things, I noted the food had improved… but to the level of similar places in France… don’t be ridiculous. I am no fan of numerous things about the French nation, but when it comes to food in rural areas… please.
Ricpic, you sound just like that famous Frenchman, Monsieur Chauvin.
You can actually get pretty decent sushi in Novosibirsk these days… (They fly it in from Vladivostok.)
Maybe he’s just going there to take a vacation from his PROBLEMS!!! (Sorry, that’s one of my all time favorite movie lines. I’m easily amused).